Kayak slalom is a competing event time while passing through the gate with a double blade paddle to use a kayak paddle, start a course of the river by boat in the flow, was decided.
Video, is a state of men's slalom Kayakkushinguru in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Regulations commentary seen in 5 minutes
The competition area
- Course, there are 250 ~ 400m in length.
- On the course is located 18 to 25 (gates) gate made of two poles.
- Pass through the gate sequence has been determined.
- To the gate, there are (red and white pole) up on the upstream side of the gate to pass through the gate to pass down from upstream to downstream (Paul White green), from the downstream side.
Victory or defeat
- To determine the outcome and the time required to reach the goal, by penalty each time passing through the gate from the start.
- Touching the body or hull, paddle to the pole of the gate, and then add a time penalty time of 2 seconds.
- When the goal without passing through the gate, one for each gate, and then add a time penalty time of 50 seconds.
カヤック (Kayak)
- 3.5m or more in length, 0.6m width or more use the boat.
- 漕者 sat toward the direction of travel of the boat, you can proceed before the boat while rowing alternately left and right double blade paddle with a blade at both ends.
- Non-round seat has been closed.
The road to gold medal
- Proceed through the semi-finals and finals → → qualifying.
- In qualifying, we present two time trials, will compete for time in total.
- In the semifinals, do a time trial of this, that compete for time.
- In the finals, make this a time of trial, to determine the final ranking by the sum of the two semi-finals and finals.